A RCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON WWW.STTHERESA.CC 6622 HASKELL ST. HOUSTON, TX 77007 713-869-3783 Ephesians 5:20 MARCH 8, 2020 · SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT The Transfiguration Snogren, John. The Transfiguration. St. Theresa Catholic Church Sanctuary, Houston. Hand-painted triptych-Icon, designed by Winifred Huguley Blair.
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A RCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON
WWW.STTHERESA.CC 6622 HASKELL ST.
HOUSTON, TX 77007 713-869-3783
Ephesians 5:20
MARCH 8 , 2020 · SECOND SUNDAY OF LE NT
The Transfiguration
Snogren, John. The Transfiguration.
St. Theresa Catholic Church Sanctuary, Houston.
Hand-painted triptych-Icon, designed by Winifred Huguley Blair.
FROM DEACON LARRY
T he Transfiguration and the coronavirus make an odd couple on this Second Sun-day of Lent. There is so
much happening in this Gospel ac-count. Even the icon featured on the bulletin cover —a wonderful gift from a parishioner— captures but a moment in the unfolding of this sto-ry. After clothes white as light, Mo-ses and Elijah, and the desire to stay on the mountain, the scene shifts. Peter wanted to stay at the spiritual heights. But the three apostles fall to the ground upon hearing the voice! It is then that we hear these powerful words: “But Jesus came and touched them and said, ‘Rise, and do not be afraid.’’’
The touch is so much a sign of who Jesus is as the “face of the Fa-ther’s mercy,” as Pope Francis wrote in Misericordiae Vultus. Under the specter of the coronavirus risk, we have adopted a “no handshake re-quired” sign of peace and have shift-ed to Communion in the hand as the norm. Companies and conferences around the country are introducing handshake-free events and are bow-ing to replace handshakes. This, along with a heightened awareness of the importance of handwashing, can have a secondary effect beyond safety from the virus. Now, those who used to be seen as our sisters and brothers are viewed as potential risks, possible carriers of the dread coronavirus.
But the touch of Jesus and his words of courage remind us that the call of the Christian life is one of solidarity. When Jesus touched his apostles, he called them to rise up and be their better selves. In the icon, we see those apostles fallen and cowering while Jesus is calling
them —and us— to new life, to the fullness of life, to life lived with courage. Jesus and the three apostles come down the mountain to where life is lived in all its ordinary every-dayness. Peter, James, and John lead us to the valley where we live in sol-idarity. Sisters and brothers, as we struggle with the risk of the spread of the coronavirus among us, let us keep before us not the image of our separateness but of our solidarity. Above the parish office, look up and you will see affixed to our building the opening words to the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World from the Second Vat-ican Council. May we never tire of reading and living this call to soli-darity.
“The joy and hope, the grief and anguish of the people of our time,
especially of those who are poor or afflicted in any way,
are the joy and hope, the grief and anguish of the followers of Christ as well.
Indeed, nothing genuinely human fails to raise an echo
in their hearts.”
Blessings in Solidarity in this Holy Season of Lent, Deacon Larry
Holy Week
Mass Schedule
Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020
Regular Weekend Mass Schedule
Holy Thursday, April 9, 2020
6:30 p.m. Mass
Good Friday, April 10, 2020
3:00 p.m. Liturgy
Easter Vigil Saturday,
April 11, 2020
8:30 p.m. Mass
Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020
Regular Weekend Mass Schedule
Stations of the Cross
Our Lenten tradition of
observing the Stations of the
Cross will begin on Friday,
February 28th, in English at
6:15 p.m. and continue every
Friday during Lent until April 3rd.
Lent Soup Supper
Please join us every Friday
during Lent at 7:00 p.m. in
the Narthex after the Stations of
the Cross to enjoy fellowship
and supper.
*There is no charge for the supper,
but a love offering is accepted.
Confession Times
Thursday 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.
or by appointment
Saturday 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
or by appointment
Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament
Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
In the Blessed Sacrament Chapel.
Please contact Diana Sepulveda
at 713-542-4706
for more information.
ALMSGIVING
St. Theresa Catholic Church supplies Casa Juan Diego and CCSC with generous donations from our parishioners.
Please consider helping others during Lent by
bringing the most needed items on Sunday Masses.
Casa Juan Diego is in need of the following items: wheel chairs, cooking oil in size for a family, adult diapers, wipes, pinto beans, dishwashing liq-uid, floor soap, and toilet tissue. The top ten most needed donations items for CCSS are: dry Beans (1-pound or 2-pound bags; pinto, etc.), canned tomatoes, peanut butter, canned vegetables (low sodium preferred), canned meat (tuna, chicken, etc.), rice (1-pound or 2-pound bags), dry pasta (any type), canned Fruit (light syrup preferred), boxed cereal (low sugar preferred), and hearty canned soups.
If you have already signed up to give a recurring gift online, thank you. If not, please consider signing up today.
Your participation in supporting our ministries matters!
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Visit www.sttheresa.cc and click Online Giving.
Select the collection of your choice.
Set up your donation amount, payment type, and frequency. That’s it!
Once your account information is added, donations will automatically deduct from your account. It’s that easy!
Parish Monthly Financial Information
February Weekly Collections Total $115,298
Monthly Goal $129,470
Online Giving included in Total $ 50,185
Online Participants 223
Diocesan Services Fund (as of 03/03/20)
2020 New Parish Goal $120,510
Total Amount Pledged $ 49,631
Total Amount Paid $ 36,945
Participants 101
Capital Campaign (as of 03/03/20)
Campaign Goal $14,100,000
Total Amount Pledged $11,845,928
Total Amount Received $ 9,431,274
Participants 806
As we pray, fast and give during the season of Lent we thank you for doing the things that involve the body, the mind, and the heart and for your continuous support. We are also thankful for those who have increased their stewardship donations, which help with the shortfall. Your ongoing support is needed to help us to achieve our goals. Let’s help our parish ministries to flourish through your generous support, please prayerfully assess your stewardship participation. If you are transitioning to electronic recurring giving or would like to increase your electronic contributions, we can help walk you through this process. Please call 713-869-3783.
W e are extremely thank-ful to all who have par-ticipated in our cam-
paign, as of 3/3/20 we have re-ceived $9.4M out of $11.8M pledges toward our $14.1M goal. Our Church looks beautiful but we’re not done yet! In the next weeks, you will start to notice the construction of the rectory in the back parking lot, which is the last building included in Phase II.
With $2.8M short of our goal, we need those who have not yet par-ticipated, those whose pledge is about to end, and those whose commitment has been fulfilled, to support us, extend, and/or create a new pledge. St. Theresa, your church needs your continuous support. We need those of you who care to go above and beyond.
We welcome these new Catholics into the Roman Catholic Church by the
Sacrament of Holy Baptism.
CELEBRATION OF BAPTISM FEBRUARY
AUSTIN ELLIOTT FIALA
MILA ALESSANDRA HARRISON
ROBERTO DAVID HARTZELL
LOGAN NAM LE
JOSHUA PHILLIP
MILO CHARLES ROUNTREE
ALICE MARIE SCHWARTZEL
SOFIA ROSE WRIGHT
We congratulate these couples, who
received the Sacrament of Marriage.
May God bless them each and every
day and enlighten them with His grace.
JULIA GRAHAM AND JUSTIN POIRIER
ELYSE RAMOS AND ANGEL CUMPIAN
ALYSE ALDRIDGE AND
DALLAS ROBIRDS
AMY DEVILLEZ AND NIC AGUILAR
ONA STERN AND PATRICK CADY
MARTHA GONZALEZ GARCIA AND NEIL JOSEPH DU ROSS
MARISSA SIBAL AND
TOAN VU
CAITY TARABOCCHIA AND KIRBY ROSS
CELEBRATION OF MATRIMONY FEBRUARY
SAVERA LUCY SICOLA LEWIS
STEPHEN A. NEWMAN
MAURY GIBSON
FRANCISCO MEDRANO
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let
perpetual light shine upon him.
May his soul, and the souls of all the faith-
ful departed, through the mercy of God,
rest in peace. Amen.
RECENTLY DECEASED FEBRUARY
Please, pray for all the candidates who received the Sacrament of Confirmation. Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of
Thy love. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created. And Thou shalt renew
the face of the earth.
PABLO CANIZALES
JAMES CARVAJAL
ALESSIO DEL CASTILLO
ANTHONY DIAZ
ABBY ESTRELLA
JAMES HADDAD
JULIA HASBROUK
DANIEL LOERA
FERNANDO LOERA
GRACE MARKOVICH
JOSHUA PHILLIP
KATHRYN SALINAS
JOHN TIRONE
NATHAN TITTERINGTON
SEBASTIAN TOUCHSTONE
PRESLEY VANN
ADRIAN VASQUEZ
ARICELA VILLEGAS
CELEBRATION OF CONFIRMATION
FEBRUARY
The Order of Malta runs a Pen Pal Program for those in prison and we are
looking for volunteers to write inmates.
This only takes a few minutes of your time each month and a stamp.
The program is anonymous and presents us with a way to be true to our call to visit Christ in prison.
We provide all of the necessary support and direction.
Thank you.
VISIT CHRIST IN PRISON
Wash clean my heart, O God; And fill me again with thy joy.
Here is my mind; I open it to thee. Forgive its illusions and its delusions.
Teach me to discern thy truth. Cleanse me of my need to criticize and judge others harshly.
Teach me to see only thee, everywhere and in everyone.
Here is my life; I offer it to thee. Forgive my resistance to thy direction.
Cleanse me and redirect my path according to thy will.
Here are my feelings; I surrender them all to thee. Forgive my dissatisfactions;
Forgive my restlessness; Forgive my discouragements;
Forgive my empty joys and my false hopes. Forgive my fears and teach me to trust three alone. Forgive my petty loves and my consuming hates.
Teach me to love as thou dost love And to forgive us thou dost forgive.
Here is my body; I lay it down before thee. Restore unto me thy vision of health and vitality.
Restore in me the sure knowledge of thy presence, That I may awake in the likeness and be complete,
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
-Winifred Huguley Blair
TRANSFIGURATION PRAYER
Come and join us on
Wednesday, March 18th, in the Blue Room. 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
For more information, please contact Larry Payne at [email protected]
Do you... ...want to operate the screens at Mass? ...have a fine eye for detail in preparing slideshows? ...want to moderate a group of young people who could do these things?
Please contact John Knowles, Director of Liturgy at
Dios nos llama a cada uno de nosotros a convertirnos en santos y Dios está listo para apoyarnos en el camino al proporcionarnos con abundantes bendiciones. Únase a nosotros mientras buscamos estas bendiciones
participando en el programa del Obispo Robert Barron los Jueves de 7:00 p.m. a 8:30 p.m.
En la oficina de la iglesia en las siguientes fechas:
Costo: $15. Para más información contacte a Veronica Benitez at 346-335-1809.
March 12 March 26
April 2
April 16 April 23 April 30
Obispo Robert Barron
Bendición Desconocida ¡Todavía puede inscribirse!
Las confesiones en español serán el segundo domingo de cada mes antes y/o después de la misa de español de las 12:00 p.m. con
el padre Davila.
CONFESIONES
DONACIONES
Santa Teresa suministra Casa Juan Diego y CCSC con las donaciones generosas que nuestros feligreses donan. Por favor considere ayudar a
los necesitados durante la Cuaresma trayendo siguientes artículos a la misa del domingo:
Casa Juan Diego necesita los siguientes artículos: sillas de ruedas, aceite de cocina tamaño familiar, pañales para adultos, toallas desechables, frijoles pintos, líquido para lavar platos, jabón para pisos y papel higiénico. Los diez artículos más necesarios para CCSS son: frijoles secos (Bolsas de 1 lb. ó 2 lbs.; pinto, etc.), tomates enlatados, mantequilla de maní, vege-tales enlatados (de preferenica bajo en sodio), carne enlatada (atún, pollo, etc.), arroz (Bolsas de 1 lb. ó 2 lbs.), pasta seca (cualquier tipo), fruta enlatada (de preferencia con jarabe ligero), cereal en caja (de preferencia que sea bajo en
CHILDCARE SERVICE
DURING MASS
(6 weeks old to 4-year-olds)
Please visit: sttheresa.cc/
sunday-child-care
For more information please contact: Melanie Leadingham at
Children ages 4 through 7 are dismissed before the Liturgy of the Word and gather
to hear the Sunday Gospel reading in an age appropriate format.
Children then discuss the Gospel reading and complete an activity that supports
the Gospel reading. Afterward, the children return to Mass before
the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Children's Liturgy of the Word is
led by "CMG Safe Haven" volunteers.
WE ARE GROWING!!! Please consider becoming
a leader or helper. Please contact Janice Berger at [email protected] or
713-869-3783 for more details.
Sunday Care will be available
Easter Sunday for the 10:00 am services!
Please make sure to complete your registration requirements and
you will receive the reservation link (Reservations are required for
Sunday Drop-in Care).
We will also have an optional treat for the children to choose from our
Easter Basket!
ADULT CONFIRMATION
Adult Confirmation Classes begin March 8th.
If you are a baptized Catholic and have received your First Communion, but want to complete your Sacraments of Initiation through Confirmation then these classes
are for you.
Please contact Ginger Tamborello for more information or to register. [email protected]
Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Saturday: Closed Sunday: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
THE WEEK AHEAD
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Sunday, March 8 Black Box Collection: Serving the Poor, Immigrants, and Refugees 8:00 am Mass, Church 8:30 am RCIA, Office 10:00 am Mass, Church 11:00 am Faith Formation, FH 11:15 am Sunday by Sunday, *CR 11:15 am HS Faith Formation, Blue Room 12:00 pm Spanish Mass, Church 4:00 pm Adult Confirmation, Red Room 5:30 pm Mass, Church
Monday, March 9 7:00 am Mass, Church 2:30 pm Sr. Carolyn Book Club, CR 6:30 pm Meditation Group, Office 7:00 pm Grupo de Oración, *CR
Tuesday, March 10 7:00 am Mass, Church 7:30 am-9:00 pm Adoration, Chapel 6:15 pm Bishop Barron Session 2, Blue Room 6:30 pm Women of the Little Way, Office
Wednesday, March 11 7:00 am Communion Service, Church 8:10 am Communion Service, Church 6:30 pm Interfaith Vespers, Church 7:00 pm Legión de María, CR 8:15 pm Men’s AA, FH
Thursday, March 12 6:30 am Women’s AA, Office 7:00 am Mass, Church 7:30 am-9:00 pm Adoration, Chapel 5:30 pm-6:15 pm Reconciliation, Narthex 6:30 pm Mass, Church 7:00 pm Obispo Barron session 3, Office 7:00 pm AA, Blue Room 7:30 pm Men’s Encounter, *CR
Friday, March 13 6:45 am Rosary for Peace, Church 7:00 am Mass, Church 6:00 pm Spanish Lessons, Office 6:15 pm Stations of the Cross, Church 7:00 pm Lenten Soup, Supper, Narthex 7:45 pm Via Crucis (español),Church
Saturday, March 14 12:00 pm Rosary, Chapel 3:30 pm-4:30 pm Reconciliation, Narthex 5:00 pm Mass, Church CR: Conference Room FH: Fellowship Hall Blue Room: Conference room next to the